to prosper.44 The OT, more than the NT, places a direct connection between law observance and prosperity. But the book of Job and Ps. 73 show that this must not be seen as an automatic connection. The essence of OT religion is spiritual, although there are relative differences in outlook between the Testaments. 8–9 The idea of law observance as a condition for happiness is enlarged here. Let not this book of the law ever be out of your mouth. That which in the previous verse was simply called “law”45